The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-30
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DANGERS THAT MENACE.
Are there any dangerH-any foes, that
menace our country to-day 2
No thoughtful man OF truth can say no
to this question. This Nation has its
perils and It's foes to-day. The perils are
imminent and her foes formidable and
aggressive. Let US profit by past ex.
perience. v N
I name rs one OF tho dangers that
threaten the peace and we'll being Of this
country, that npirit fcf lawlessness' and
enmity 70 the existing order Of things that
10 spreading like q contagion through the
land. Society % 1t Is now organized Ia
hateful To this spirit-that has It's embodi-
ment In Herr Most, Justice Schwab,
August spies and his fellow murderefs
that now languish in cells. The social
Structure must be taken down and rebuilt
according to tho plans and specifications
OF these able RtchitecA. In this new
structure marriage, the family institution,
The right OF property, the Bible, religion
and God are to DO left out. This spirit
Was not born In this land. II 10 not indjR.
inoua to American soil. It Is an exotic
among US, traneplanted from across
the sea. It has been trying to
pose up and down this country az
the ally Of the workingmen,
but be 1t said to the credit OF the work.
ingmen they have decliaed tho assistance
OF this generous friend and refuae to fel.
lowship with It.
And by m easy and natural transition
| pass to the confederation OF another
danger that seriously threalens the safe.
ty Of the American Nation. refer to the
unlimited and iudiacrimlns.o migration
to our shores. know as q preacher OF
that Gospel that teaches and strongly EN-.
phasizes tho doctrine Of the universal
brotherhood Of man. that 1t may seem
strange to hear from my lips such cent?.
menE as l shall here and now express.
However that may be, l ask nobody 10
become responsible for my opinions.
IMMIGRATION.
Here tho speaker took up tho immiera.
ton subject, and thoughtfully pointed out
the dangers which from his point Of vision
seemed to threaten the country from this
source. He thought 1t time to call q halt.
II We have to take this medicine into the
body polite he favored homeopathic
doses.
Europe is overwhelmed. The Bible
Gays: "Bsar ye one another's burdens,
and 80 fulfill the law Of Christ" I accep,
that. That Is good religion, and sound
ethics. l try to carry it into the practical
affairs OF lie. But this command ia mod.
flied by circumstances. You have a
brother he is infected with a contagious
diHease-to help him bear his burden arc
you to receive the poison into your sys.
TEN in such quantities IS to sicken, poison
and render you as helpless as he
Brother, what good would that do your
sick brother? Europe is sick and nigh
unto death. We must help her, and We
will, but she must not ask us to do toe
much at once. She must not place US in as
pitiable condition 8 she Is herself-else
We shall both die.
! dare not pass from this subject OF on,
couDtry's foes without calling your stten.
ton to that gigantic evil, that monstrum
horridum, the rum power. II you want Ia
know the animus OF this curae, 60 to Sioux
City, Iowa, and look On the PROSTATE
form OF that minister OF the gospel, dy.
ing in a pool OF blood, stfot down by the
whisky ASSASSIN. Go to Haverhill, Ohio,
md gsz, upon the mangled body of DR..
Northup, shot to pieces by a saloon keep.
Or and HIS allies. Go to Jackson, Missia'
sippi, and stand by the grave in which
sleeps the mutilated form Of Roderick
Gsmbrell, the brave young editor, way.
laid by Il cowsrdly assassin and ruthleesly
shot down in the public streets. This is
the spirit OF the run teud. Commenting
upon the killing OF Paddock, Northup and
Gambrell, III Of the most influential pa.
pers Of the land has this to cay: "Ihe
thinking people Of the Nation should pom
der upon these bloody deeds. There ia
something more 10 be considered than
the mere narration Of actual cfiminality.
They possess a much deeper and more
alarming significance. They demonstrate
the depraving and brutslizing elects oil
the liquor traffic. They wildly portray
he extent to which tbs rum power Is pre-.
pared to proceed, and they ~ioreshadow
the swilt.coming OF conflict in our fair
land az unavoidable and irrepressihle as
that between freedom and the slave pow.
or. And as that ended in the eRancipa.
ton Of the slave and the overthrow Of the
conspiracy sgainst American freedom, so
the conflict nov opening will end in the
emancipation ofthe people from the drink
curse, aud the overthrow OF the rum pow.
er and all it's potencies for evil"
Veterans OF the Union! the Nation
needs the strength OF your strong RICH,
arm in this terrible struggle, and by the
memory Of your brave comrades who fell
by your side while fighting ior the Union
and liberty and in the name OF deeolated
home, wrecked lives, and murdered men
l call upon you to rise, no! with force oil
arms on fields OF battle, no! with bullets,
but with ballots, and drive this hideouE
fond from our land. l know that come
Of you are now aud have long been in
the very fore front Of this struggle. The
ppirits Of orr martyred dead call loudly te
us for vengeance, and by the grace Of God
Wa mean to have it.
I'VE want no towards In thi. baud
Who will their c0lUrS ny.
We want v6liantheartei men
Who're not afraid 10 die"
Finally, FROM the ten Thousand timoe
ton thoueand graves that will BIS tesriu!ly
aud tenderly strewn with flowers to.
morrow, colncs the voice that speaks to us
OF the horrors OF war. That voics tells usit ia
q cruel thing, and that the arbitramont
Of arms should be resorted TO only when
oil ELSE has been tried aud failed.
The speaker dwelt upon the waste and
deaolation Of war, drawing n vivid picture
Of it's dreadful effects.